Systems Planning & Performance

Data-Driven Systems Planning and Performance Measurement

Focus Strategies is dedicated to helping communities reduce and end homelessness through the use of local performance and other data. The goal of no one experiencing homelessness longer than 30 days, as articulated in the federal Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act, frames all of our efforts. Our work includes:

Systems Planning and Performance Measurement Projects

Focus Strategies has aided various communities throughout the country in system-wide planning and performance measure evaluation. Working alongside community leadership and key stakeholders, we have provided technical assistance, in order to help improve systems outcomes and work towards reducing homelessness towards functional zero. Our work in this area utilizes our SWAP suite of tools to understand current performance, as well as potential performance given system-wide changes within a community.

Samples of these reports and presentations from systems planning and performance measure projects are listed below:

• Melville Charitable Trust – State of Connecticut (February 2017 – Present)
• Changing Homelessness – Jacksonville, FL (August 2016 – Present)
• City of Philadelphia (January 2017 – June 2017)
• City and County of San Francisco (November 2015 – Present)
• City of Alexandria Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) (2015)
• National Alliance to End Homelessness and the Commonwealth of Virginia (2014-2015)
• Homeward, the CoC Lead Agency in Richmond, Virginia (2014-2016)
• State of California (2014-2015)
• North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness (2011-2014)
• State of Montana (2012)

Focus Strategies

We believe the HEARTH Act and Opening Doors lead the way to finally ending homelessness. To turn the curve locally, each community must identify where it has the most traction and how to best apply its resources to the issue. Communities will need to make data-driven decisions to develop the policies, projects, programs and system solutions that will work for them. We can help.